Display board



July 14, 1925. 1,545,853 f T. w. sALlNG, JR

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UNITED YSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS W. SALING, JR., O'F HOUSTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM L. SALING, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

DISPLAY BOARD.

Application led August 3, 1923.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. SALING, J r., citizen of the United States of America, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Boards, of which the. following is a specilication.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in display boards.

The object of the invention is to provide a board having? a central bulletin section surrounded b-y a rectangular display panel.

A further object is to provide a transparent cover frame hinged to the board and arranged to cover only the display panel, the center of the frame being open and unobstructed so as to give access to a bulletin panel in the center of the board, whereby bulletins may be readily written on the center panel without moving the frame, the latter serving to protect the display matter in the display panel.

A construction designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafter described together with other features of the invention.

The invention will be more readily understood from a reading of the following specification and byv reference to the accompanying drawings, in which an example of the invention is shown, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is .a front elevation of a. display board constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation and Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-sectional view.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates a flat back or base board having a flange surrounding it on all four sides. The flange extends outwardly or forwardly from the face of the board. The board may he supported in any suitable manner.

Within the flange is disposed a rectangular marginal frame) 12 which is mounted along one vertical edge on hinges 13 and when closed' lits snugly within the fiange 11.

Serial No. 655,540.

The frame has a central opening 14 and surrounds a bulletin panel 15 mounted on the face of the board. I prefer to form the panel with a writing surface and may use black-board secured fast to the face of the board 10.

'The frame 12 has an inner rectangular member 16 contiguous to the opening 14 and an outer concentric member 17 contiguous to the ange 11. At the corners of the frame the members are secured together by mullions 16 and 17 respectively at right angles to each other. These mullions subdivide the frame vand with the members thereof support glass plates 18. Cards or plates 19 maybe fastened to the face of the board 10 so as to be displayed through the glass plates. These cards may bear advertising matter, pictures or any other data and will be protected at all times by the glass plates and frame.

Bulletins and information may be written on the panel 15 and erased when desired, without disturbing or moving the frame 12. The cards may be kept as a permanent display and may be changed by opening the.

frame. cned.

VVarious changes in the shape and location of the diiferent parts as well as modifications and alterations may be made within the `scope of the appended claim.

What I claim, is:

In a display board, a 'base having a flanged edge, a frame pivoted within said The frame may be suitably fastflange to lie flush therewith and having an enlarged central opening surrounded by rabbeted panels adapted to receive a transparent protecting' sheet, a bulletin writing surface mounted upon the base in alinement with the central opening of the frame, and display cards disposed upon the basein alinement with the panels of the frame.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

THOMAS W. SALING, Jn. 

